Two ISPs, Hurricane Electric and Global Crossing, pulled the plug on a web hosting company called McColo on November 11 after receiving information about the company’s activities from the Washington Post. And in the wake of that action, anti-spam company Ironport claims spam levels have dropped by a staggering 70%.
The Washington Post had spent several months investigating McColo and passed its information to the ISPs. It’s thought that McColo hosted gangs running botnets.
Jason Steer, a spokesman for Ironport, said:
"All the US internet peering companies are under much more scrutiny. The authorities and the internet community have woken up to the problem."
